American Conservative University Podcast

Eric Metaxas Talks to John Zmirak about His New Book No Second Amendment, No First. The Eric Metaxas Show  Mar 01 2024   Other Episodes John Zmirak joins Eric to discuss his book "No Second Amendment, No First" in a special Socrates in the Studio conversation.   About the book: No Second Amendment, No First Hardcover by John Zmirak  Available March 19, 2024 Today’s Left endlessly preaches the evils of “gun violence." It is a message increasingly echoed from the nation’s pulpits, presented as common-sense decency and virtue. Calls for “radical non-violence” are routinely endowed with the imprimatur of religious doctrine.   But what if such teachings were misguided, even damaging? What if the potential of a citizenry to exercise force against violent criminals and tyrannical governments is not just compatible with church teaching, but flows from the very heart of Biblical faith and reason? What if the freedoms we treasure are intimately tied to the power to resist violent coercion?  This is the long-overdue cas